The Palace announced that government assistance through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), and the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19, will be given to locally stranded individuals (LSIs) while they await for the resumption of public transportation going to their home provinces.

The Palace, on June 9, reported that hundreds of repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who arrived at the Clark International Airport were sent-off earlier this morning to their hometowns after yielding negative result from their RT-PCR tests.

The country’s education chief assured on Monday, June 8, that blended learning is achievable as it has been around for years and is already being offered in some schools and universities, a fact that supports the Department of Education’s (DepEd) stand that it is well prepared to implement alternative learning amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has ordered the immediate release of compensation benefits for healthcare workers who have been afflicted with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and for the family of those who have succumbed to the disease in the line of duty.

The Palace on Tuesday affirmed that the government has now reached and surpassed the 30,000 target daily testing capacity for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

With the easing out of community restrictions in many areas in the country, the Palace on June 1, reminded the public to continue following the minimum public health standards, particularly in the National Capital Region and Cebu City, which are still classified as high-risk areas, despite being placed under general community quarantine (GCQ).

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, in his Talk to the People Address on May 28, placed the National Capital Region (NCR) under general community quarantine (GCQ) starting June 1.

Malacañan on Thursday, May 28, expressed confidence that Filipinos will follow quarantine protocols should President Rodrigo Roa Duterte decide to ease restrictions. “The level of confidence is very high. Unang-una, napatunayan ng mga Pilipino na kaya nilang sumunod dahil naman by and large ‘no, itong more than 70 days na tayo ay nagkaroon ng ECQ at MECQ ay pinatunayan natin na disiplinado po ang mga Pilipino,” Secretary Harry Roque said. Read More

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has ordered the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), the Department of Labor and Employment and the Department of Health to ensure that some 24,000 repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), who are currently awaiting results of their RT-PCR tests for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), would be sent home within the week.

The Palace, on Thursday, maintained that the country is not yet in the second wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections.